Vulgar Marxism
Vulgar Marxism is a particular "belief that one can directly access the real conditions of history" and is sometimes referred to as reflection theory.[1] In 1998, Robert M. Young defines "economism or vulgar Marxism" as "the most orthodox [position in Marxism which] provides one-to-one correlations between the socio-economic base and the intellectual superstructure."[a][2][3]
technocratic" vulgar Marxism with Marx's response to the focus of the Gotha programme "that human being, who owned no other property aside from his labor-power, “must be the slave of other human beings"".[4]
reductionist vulgar Marxism".[6]
John Phillips states that Julia Kristeva understands "vulgar Marxism" as synonymous with "vulgar sociologism", a view that "characterises ideology in terms of a superstructure determined by an economic/historical base (base and superstructure) [sic]."[7]
See also
- Political economy – Study of the development of social production
- Classical political economy– School of thought in economics
- Economic determinism – Theory that all societal relationships are based on economic relationships
- Orthodox Marxism – Body of Marxist thought, prominent until World War I
- Marxian economics – School of economic thought
- Revisionism (Marxism) – Set of ideas, principles, and theories based on Marxism
Notes
- ^ Young: "The defining feature of Marxist approaches to the history of science is that the history of scientific ideas, of research priorities, of concepts of nature and of the parameters of discoveries are all rooted in historical forces which are, in the last instance, socio-economic. [...] There are variations in how literally this is taken [...] There is a continuum of positions."
References
- ^ Felluga, Dino. "Modules on Marx: On Ideology. Introductory Guide to Critical Theory". Purdue University. Archived from the original on 7 February 2023.
- Bishop Grosseteste College, Lincoln, United Kingdom
- ^ Young, R. M. (1998). "Marxism and the History of Science". The Human Nature Review. Archived from the original on 7 May 2018.
- ^ Benjamin, Walter (2005). Theses on the Philosophy of History. Translated by Redmond, Dennis.
- ^ Mattick, Paul (1983). "Introduction". Marxism: Last Refuge of the Bourgeoisie?. Merlin Press. Archived from the original on 14 November 2023 – via Marxists Internet Archive.
- Public Seminar. Archived from the originalon 11 January 2024. Retrieved 14 September 2023.
- ^ Kristeva, Julia. "The System and the Speaking Subject". National University of Singapore. Archived from the original on 22 January 2023.
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